Wiper Motor

[hauntedyard]

Well it's finally over, more planning for next year. The biggest crowd pleaser again this year was my witch and cauldron which was made using ScareFx plans...

I had some spare new wiper motors that were not the Trico ones I bought for the witch and a mini rocking chair. CAT# DCM-249 POWERFUL WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR from all electronics.com didn't seem to want to work with my pc power supplies with Pins 1,2 and 5 wired like the diagram said.

Does anyone else have these motors and how did you get them to work?

Thanks:xbones:

[Severin]

I used that motor for my witch, but I had problems with my power supply too. It seems to be very picky about how its powered with the circuit board intact. I got it to work by following Scare-FX's direction on removing the circuit board and powering the motor directly. The relevant thread is linked below.

http://www.hauntforum.com/showthread.php?t=3785

[hauntedyard]

That's too funny that I missed that posting... it's my exact problem... I think I'll remove the circuit board as well

Thanks

tim

[uncle]

It is a good motor, and the self parking feature can be very handy, but it just doesn't like any voltage other than 12 volts.

[Severin]

I agree. That self parking feature is great, just one thing to be aware of. If you leave the power applied for more than a second, the motor speeds up to 65 rpm.

If you don't need the self park feature, just remove the circuit board. You can then use lower voltages.